GODEAU, Antoine. LES TABLEAUX DE LA PENITENCE Edition: Reprint Paris: Chez Augustin Courbe, en la petite Salle du Palais, a la Palme: 1656. Second edition. A total of 22 engraved plates and an engraved title. Large 8vo, bound in worn full leather, spine gilt lettered directly to the spine. The spine is chipped with significant loss to the head and tail of the spine. The front board is detached, the rear board is tenuously held by a couple of cords. The main body of text is complete however there are four breaks in the pagination where the original full page illustrations have perhaps been replaced/tipped in. It is also unclear from the collations established whether pp. 1/2 is lacking: the main body of text after table of contents begins at sig A2 (pp.3), perhaps lacking a divisional title or similar. With engraved hal ftitle and woodcut device to title present as called for plus 1 engraved plate bound in at pp. 17. In addition there are 17 full page illustrations present within the pagination PLUS: three engravings trimmed and tipped onto blank leaves at the following points: pp. 105/6, pp. 191/2 and pp. 407/8: a further 1 engraving has been trimmed and bound in at pp. 531/2 - we believe that these four illustrations have been gathered from other sources of the period. Text in entirely in French. Contents are holding firmly and are generally in good condition if a little toned, with some light scattered foxing, occasional creases or dust marking, some sporadic damp marking around fore and upper edges/corner, one leaf at pp. 559/60 with loss at two points at foredge margin, pp. 560 - 564 with some more notable browning, sporadic smudges and dust marking from handling, the plate comprising pp 407/8 notably browned, later marbled endpapers. [XXVI], 3-586, [ii]. pages. 230 by 180mm (9 by 7 inches).